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Re: Digest Number 708

2004-09-17 by synpro@aol.com

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Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 09:33:23 +0100
From: Chris Whitten <cw.chris@...>
Subject: Re: Lure Of the Serge?

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> Is it simply the fact that they were the
> only game in town for a while?

Was Serge EVER the only game in town?
I also find it odd that you are about to drop large wads of cash on a Serge
system but don't know what the appeal is.

Hmmmm...seems like a reasonable appeal for "insight". One would assume that if you chose to purchase the Serge over the many other makers out there the allure is many fold:

-Great Sound
-Uniqueness
-Flexibility
-Density of Modules
-Reliability
-Customization
-Personalization
-Cost (HA!)

Would say that most purchase becuse it will do things that NOTHING else will do

Re: Digest Number 708

2004-09-17 by cuari7

The appeal of it? It's flexibility. Its SOUNDS combines the exuberant
weirdness of nonconventional "bug" music-making machines with the
sharp precission and stability of new generation machines. I have
tried FM on different brands of neo-modulars (MOTM, dotcom and
Dopefer) but none give me the rich sounds that I get from my Serge!
Oh, and the filters...! Plus the multifunctionality of some of its
modules (like the DTG's, giving you VC-complex EG's, LFO's, VCO's,
filters, lag processors, pulse generators, etc...).
I recommend you review the "Wizardry" section on Egres. You'll fall
in love with it!
cuari7

Re: Digest Number 708

2004-09-17 by hal3001

ahh, some nice replies. A lot of people talk about the newer serges
though.

the serge i'm going to be getting is from 1972, and it seems those
panels are a little older, and not as versatile as the newer ones?
and also not as reliable?

I'm still going to pick up one, even if the oscs don't track
1v/oct, It's really my first modular, i've owned semi modulars, but
never a full modular. It seems that people are obsessed over
serges. Maybe it's something non quantifiable? :-)

I don't make bug music, i'm basically looking for crazy orgaic
growls, drones, a good lead, maybe a good bass? I think i'm going ot
be adding a few newer oscs to the system, non serge for the 1v/oct
hmm...

-ryan

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--- In SergeModular@yahoogroups.com, "cuari7" <medejd@t...> wrote:
> The appeal of it? It's flexibility. Its SOUNDS combines the
exuberant
> weirdness of nonconventional "bug" music-making machines with the
> sharp precission and stability of new generation machines. I have
> tried FM on different brands of neo-modulars (MOTM, dotcom and
> Dopefer) but none give me the rich sounds that I get from my Serge!
> Oh, and the filters...! Plus the multifunctionality of some of its
> modules (like the DTG's, giving you VC-complex EG's, LFO's, VCO's,
> filters, lag processors, pulse generators, etc...).
> I recommend you review the "Wizardry" section on Egres. You'll
fall
> in love with it!
> cuari7